Rock Adagio 2011
For 4 electric flutes, rock drums & vocalizations
"The Firemen's March" chaconne and variations
Composed and performed by Lee McClure
Dedicated to Daniel Ellsberg, Chelsea Manning, Jeffery Lucy, Graham Greene, and the firemen who marched up the Trade Towers (9-11-2001)
Timeline:
0:00 title credits and dedications
0:31 the firemen's march
1:21 solo
2:19 JS Bach variation
3:17 Carl Restivo variation
4:15 Blues solo
4:52 sounds of war and protest
5:32 imagined last words of Jeffrey Lucy
6:38 bombs & incoming missles
7:05 return of the firemen
8:44 end credits